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Definition of besmirch verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

besmirch

verb

NAmE//bɪˈsmərtʃ//

besmirch somebody/something (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they besmirch

he / she / it besmirches

past simple besmirched

-ing form besmirching

to damage the opinion that people have of someone or something synonym sully He had deliberately set out to besmirch her reputation.

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